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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2015
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ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Duration of pregnancy (C_PREGDUR)

Data file: ZWE2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1486
End: 1487
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225. C: FOR EACH BIRTH IN 2010-2015, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN THE CALENDAR. WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P'S MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.)
Categories
Value Category
04 4 months
05 5 months
06 6 months
07 7 months
08 8 months
09 9 months
10 10 months
11 11 months
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
PREGDUR (B20) reports the duration of the pregnancy (in months) before the child was born, for children born in the three to five years before the survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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